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Catalog of Books in Library KKKARNATAKA JJJUDICIAL AAACADEMY Crescent House, Crescent Road Bangalore ––– 560 001 Sl. Title Author No. ADMINISTRATIVE LAW 01 An Introduction to Administration Peter Cane 02 Administrative Law Massey 03 Administrative Law D. J. Galligon 04 Indian Administrative Law (in 3 Vols.) Wadhwa 05 Administrative Law Wade 06 Administration & Regulation Policy Breyer Administrative system of developing Societies 07 R.D. Sharma 08 Administration of Justice Mackey 09 Administrative Law Craig 10 Administrative Law D. D. Basu 11 Principles of Administrative Law Jain Cases & Materials on Indian Administrative Law ( in 3 12 Jain Vols.) 13 Administrative Law Sathe ADMINISTRATIVE TRIBUNALS Central Administrative Tribunal Digest 14 Malik (in 2 Vols.) ADVERSE POSSESSION 15 Adverse Possession M.R. Murthy 16 Adverse Possession Krishnaswamy ADVOCATES & ADVOCACY Art of a Lawyer, Advocacy, 17 Malik’s Cross-examination AFFIDAVITS 18 Affidavits Narayan 19 Law of Affidavits Bakshi 20 APARTMENT OF OWNERSHIP 21 Apartment of Ownership KLJ Publication APPEALS 22 Law of Appeals Narayan’s 23 Powers of Appellate Revisional Courts LLB Publication 24 Civil Appeals and Revisions (in 3 Vols) Banerjee’s 25 Criminal Appeals Banerjee 1 KKKARNATAKA JJJUDICIAL AAACADEMY Crescent House, Crescent Road Bangalore ––– 560 001 Sl. Title Author No. ARBITRATION 26 Arbitration & Conciliation Act C. Rao 27 Law of Arbitration & Conciliation Act Basu 28 Law of Arbitration & Conciliation Malik 29 Law of Arbitration & Conciliation Bachawat’s 30 Supreme Court on an Arbitration Ashwani 31 Law of International Commercial Arbn. A.K. Bansal 32 Law of Arbitration Susan 33 Arbitration Russel 34 Digest on Arbitration (1940 – 1997) Ramakrishna’s ARMS & EXPLOSIVES 35 Arms & Explosives Prem’s 36 Law and practice of Arms & Explosives Aiyar ATTACHMENT 37 Law of Attachment Khera’s BAILS 38 Law of Bails Ramakrishna 39 Remand and Bail Tyagi BANKING - DISHONOUR OF CHEQUES & NEGOTIABLE INSTRUMENTS ACT 40 Law of Banking Paget’s 41 Bank Law and Practice in India Tannan’s 42 Banking laws & practice (in 2 Vols.) Mkherjee’s 43 Law of Bank Guarantees Mitra 44 Social bank for Economic Development H S Dua 45 Modern Banking in India Subramanya 46 Banks on Partnership Lindl y DISHONOUR OF CHEQUES 47 Cheques in Law &Practice Partasarthi 48 Cases on Dishonour of cheques Swaroop 49 Law of Dishonour of cheques Saha 50 Judgments on Dishonour of Cheques Awasthi’s 51 Debt Recovery Law Chaturvedi NEGOTIABLE INSTRUMENTS ACT 52 Negotiable Instrument Act Bhashyam & Adiga’s 53 Law relating to Negotiable Instruments S. Krishnamurthy 54 Negotiable Instruments Act Aiyar’s 2 KKKARNATAKA JJJUDICIAL AAACADEMY Crescent House, Crescent Road Bangalore ––– 560 001 Sl. Title Author No. BENAMI TRANSACTION 55 Law of Benami P. S. Narayan BURDEN OF PROOF 56 Burden of Proof Kiralfy CANTONMENT 57 Cantonment Law A. Singh 58 Cantonment Laws Seth’s CARRIERS 59 Law of Carriages Vijayaraghavan 60 Law of Carriages A. Singh CENTRAL EXCISE – CUSTOMS 61 Customs, Power and the Power of Rules Michael Byers 62 Customs Law and Procedures Bhatnagar 63 Cen tral Excise Manual R.K. Jain’s CINEMAS AND VIDEOS 64 Law for Cinemas, Videos and Computer Programmes Malik CODE OF CIVIL PROCEDURE 65 Code of Civil Procedure (in 3 Vols.) Mulla 66 Code of Civil Procedure (in 4 Vols.) M.L.Js 67 Code of Civil Procedure (in 2 Vols.) Sarkar B. Vishwanath Iyer 68 Code of Civil Procedure (in 2 Vols.) 69 Civil Code in retrospect and Prospect Kiran Uniform CITIZENSHIP AND PASSPORT 70 Law of Citizenship, foreigners and Passports Dewan COMPANY LAW AND FINANCE 71 Company Law in India (in 2 Vols.) Ramayya 72 Company Law A. Gouling 73 Company Law Awtar Singh 74 Company Law Charlesworth 75 Principles of Modern Company Law Gour’s 76 Company Law (in 8 Vols.) Palmer’s 77 Company Law Digest (in 2 Vols.) Ramayya 78 Guide to Company Law – Procedures Bhandari 79 Law of State Financial Corporation B.G.Chaturvedi 3 KKKARNATAKA JJJUDICIAL AAACADEMY Crescent House, Crescent Road Bangalore ––– 560 001 Sl. Title Author No. CONSUMER PROTECTION 80 Guide to Consumer Protection Law Kaushal 81 Consumer Protection Digest (in 2 Vols.) Prabhir Basu 82 The Commentary on Consumer Protection Act, 1986 J. N. Barowalin 83 The Commentary on Consumer Protection Malik’s S. K. Grover 84 Trademarks/Brand duplication and Consumer Protection CONTEMPT OF COURTS ACT 85 Law of Contempt of Courts with Parliament State Iyer’s 86 Commentary on Contempt of Courts Act S. Rao CONFLICT OF LAW 87 Conflict of Law R. Smith CONSTITUTION – (HUMAN RIGHTS, WRITS) 88 Constitutional Law (in 4 Vols.) M.L.Js 89 Essays in Constitutional Law Heustan Geoffrey R. Stone 90 Constitutional Law 91 Law of Constitution Dicey 92 Constitutional L aw of India (in 3 Vols.) Seervai 93 Shorter Constitution of India Basu 94 Judicial Review & the law of Constitution Sylvia 95 The Changing Constitution Jeffrey 96 Making of Indian Constitution H. R. Khanna 97 Constitutional Remedies & Writ Basu 98 Basic Structure of Indian Constitution M. K. Bhandari 99 Constitutional and Administrative Law Bernett 100 Constitutional Law Christopher 101 Constitutional & Administrative Law D. Pollard 102 Constitutional Law Idesmay 103 Constitutional Law Jone Off 104 Constitutional Law Cluin R. Massey 105 Constitutional & Administrative Law A.W. Bradley 106 Constitution of India (5 Decades–1950-99) S. Ranganathan 107 Constitution Reforms Rodney Brazier 4 KKKARNATAKA JJJUDICIAL AAACADEMY Crescent House, Crescent Road Bangalore ––– 560 001 Sl. Title Author No. Center-State Fiscal Relation under Indian Constitution 108 R.K.Gupta 109 Constitution Law – 1994 Supreme Court G. Stone Constitution Assembly Debates (in 5 Vols.) Parliamentary 110 Publication Local Government, Constitution & Administrative Law 111 Andrew Harden 112 Constitutional Advisor B. N. Rau 113 Constitution of India M. P. Sing h 114 Constitution of India Awasthi’s 115 Constitutional Questions in India Noorani 116 Constitutional Law of India D. D. Basu 117 Constitution of Jammu & Kashmir A. S. Anand HUMAN RIGHTS 118 Human Rights & the Law P. Dewan B. P. Singh, Sehgal 119 Human Rights in India 120 Human Rights A. Hegart 121 Human Rights Training (in 2 Vols.) Subramanian 122 Idea of Human Rights Michael 123 EU & Human Rights Phillip Alston Edited by Alan Boyle 124 Human Rights approaches, Environment Protection Gokhale Sharma 125 Human Rights – A Social Justice 126 Human Rights & the European Convention Brice Dickson 127 Human Rights in Constitution Law Basu 128 Human Rights in Global Politics Timdunne 129 Human Rights (in 2 Vols.) Subramanian V. R. Krishna Iyer 130 Human Rights in India Religious, Fundamentalism & the Human Rights of (Mc. Milan) by 131 Women Courtney W. 132 International Human Right Documents Blackstone WRITS 133 Writ Remedies Banerjee 134 Writ Jurisdiction under the Constitution L. Hansaria 135 Law of Writs Ramachandran 5 KKKARNATAKA JJJUDICIAL AAACADEMY Crescent House, Crescent Road Bangalore ––– 560 001 Sl. Title Author No. CONTRACT ACT 136 Building Contract Keeting 137 Law of Contract Cheshire 138 Indian Contract & Specific Relief (in 2 Vols.) Mulla 139 Regulating Contracts Hugh Collins 140 Indian Contract Malik 141 Cases on Contract Jill Pools 142 From Boundary to Contract Aney Dru Stanley 143 Co ntract Cases Bernett 144 Contracts Blum 145 Contracts (in 2 Vols.) Chitty 146 Aspects of Fairness in Contracts Chari’s 147 Digest of Contract cases Ramakrishna 148 State and Freedom of Contract Scheiber 149 Problem in Contract Law Cases & Materials Knapp 150 Interpretation of Contract Sujan’s Commentary on Contract Labour (Regulation & 151 V.K.Kharbandu Abolition) 152 Law of Contract J. Beatson Anson’s CONVEYANCING 153 Indian Conveyance Mogha 154 Conveyance Desouza CO -OPERATIVE SOCIETIES ACT 155 Law of Co-operative Societies in India Rishpal Nainta 156 Handbook of U.P. Co-operative Societies Act P.L.Malik COFEPOSA 157 Cofeposa Law and Practice Thokchom COPYRIGHT ACT 158 Copyright Act Iyengar COURT FEES & SUIT VALUATION ACT 159 Court Fees & Suit Valuation Act Basu 160 Court Fees & Suit Valuation Act S.L.P. CRIMINAL LAW 161 Criminal Law Singer Lawfound 162 Law of Crimes (in 2 Vols.) Ratanlal & Dhirajlal 6 KKKARNATAKA JJJUDICIAL AAACADEMY Crescent House, Crescent Road Bangalore ––– 560 001 Sl. Title Author No. 163 Supreme Court on Criminal Law (in 5 Vols.) Kathuria 164 Supreme Court on Criminal Law (in 3 Vols.) Saha 165 Crimin al Law Richand 166 Criminal Law Richand G 167 Criminal Law K.D. Gaur 168 Criminal Law Williams 169 Criminal Law Robinson 170 Penal Laws of India (in 4 Vols.) Harris CODE OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE 171 Code of Criminal Procedure Sarkar 172 Code of Criminal Procedure (in 2 V ols.) B. B. Mitra 173 Criminal Procedure Miller 174 Criminal Minor Acts (in 2 Vols.) Sarkar 175 Code of Criminal Procedure (in 5 Vols.) Sohoni’s CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS Principles & Procedures of art of Cross-examination in 176 Iyer and Iyer’s Civil and Criminal 177 India’s Cyber law Bharath DAMAGES 178 On Damages M. C. Gregar 179 Law of Damages and Compensation (in 3 Vols.) S. Rao 180 Disproportionate Assets Lal 181 Law of Dying Declaration Shanglo 182 Law of Defamation Mitra DOWRY PROHIBITION, WOMEN RIGHTS AND MAINTENANCE 183 Law of Dowry Prohibition Bhatnagar Law relating to Dowry deaths, suicide, burning, rape and 184 P. Diwan related offences Religious, Fundamentalism and the Human rights of 185 Courtney W. Women 186 Commentary on the law of Maintenance Agarwal DRAFTING 187 Draftsman Kelly’s DRUGS LAWS INCLUDING NARCOTICS 188 Drugs and Cosmetics Act Vijaya Malik Commentary on Narcotic Drugs and Psychiatric 189 Malik Substances 7 KKKARNATAKA JJJUDICIAL AAACADEMY Crescent House, Crescent Road Bangalore ––– 560 001 Sl. Title Author No. 190 Narcotic Drugs and Psychiatric Substances Gupta Deeds 191 Guide to Deeds and Documentation Gupta Easements 192 Easements and Licenses Khatiyar 193 Commentaries on Easements & Licenses S. Rao Education 194 Karnataka State Universities Act Reddy 195 Karnataka Education Act Baliga 196 Education & Man -power Planning Election Laws 197 Manual of Election Law Bahri 198 Election Laws and Practice Chawla’s 199 Election Laws & Practice in India R.N.
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